Monday, July 20, 2015

20 July 2015

In Fallujah today, ISIL gunmen have attacked the barracks of
the the Iraqi army's 3rd Regiment in the industrial zone of southern Fallujah.
The Regiment's commanding officer and 3 Iraqi soldiers were killed, as were at
least 17 of the attacking gunmen. The fighting lasted for more than three
hours, but security forces supported by Iraqi and Coalition air strikes were
ultimately able to turn back the attackers.

In military operations along the city's perimeter, security
forces have been reinforcing their positions while launching mortar and
artillery attacks on ISIL positions in the outskirts of the city; security
sources have reported that 9 ISIL gunmen, including 3 non-Iraqi Arab snipers
were killed. The Fallujah GeneralHospital has reported
that the indiscriminate bombardment exchanges have struck a number of
residential districts, killing 3 residents and injuring 9.

In Garma, the Federal Police's 30th Regiment has clashed
with ISIL gunmen around the town's center that is still the scene of fierce
clashes for its control.

In Ramadi, General Ra'ed Jawdat of the Federal Police has
announced that security forces have killed 11 ISIL gunmen in the EasternHusaybaTownship
in an attack mounted by government forces.

In Ramadi's southern sector, security forces have taken
control of the entire highway connecting the southern and western districts of
the city. Hundreds of families are still evacuating the city, and there have
been loudspeaker calls upon the city's civilian to leave the city, in
anticipation of the imminent assault on the provincial capital.